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Article: Pirates' Snell stumps Cardinals

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ST. LOUIS - Pirates closer Salomon Torres climbed back on the tightrope Monday night and wavered, but he did not fall.

Torres nailed down a 3-2 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals by surviving a heart-pounding ninth inning.

"He got a little bit of everything within the framework of three outs," Pirates manager Jim Tracy said.

It started when first baseman Adam LaRoche booted Adam Kennedy's grounder. Kennedy went to second on a sacrifice bunt.

Aaron Miles pounded a hard grounder down the third base line. The ball skipped off the bag and over the head of third baseman Jose Bautista. If shortstop Jack Wilson had not backed up the play, Kennedy surely would have scored. As it was, the ...

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